Bentley Announces Extreme Mapping Seminar Series; Will Show Multi-lingual PowerMap Release at InterGEO.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers InterGEO EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2003 Bentley Systems Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides software for the "Design, construction and operation of the world's infrastructure". The company’s software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) , Incorporated, today announced its series of Extreme Mapping Seminars. Mapping professionals in local governments, federal agencies, engineering firms, and cadastres can learn how they can benefit from capabilities such as "fuzzy to focused" methodologies and 3D technology that are only available in Bentley's mapping solutions. Extreme Mapping topics span imaging, document conversion, and production mapping, all functioning within a managed environment of AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission and GIS information. Products that are covered during the seminars include Bentley GeoGraphics, the premier environment for data collection, editing, and analysis tools, and Bentley PowerMap, a low-cost, 2D geometry creation and editing environment that allows users to easily create highly accurate, large-scale maps A map having a scale of 1:75,000 or larger. See also map. . Seminars are scheduled for the following cities: -- Toronto, October 7, 2003 -- Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , October 14, 2003 -- Washington D.C., October 16, 2003 -- Chicago, October 23, 2003 Extreme Mapping will also be featured at Bentley's exhibit during InterGEO in Hamburg, Germany, from September 17 to 19. During the show, Bentley will demonstrate the worldwide release of PowerMap, which recently shipped in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese. PowerMap includes editing, clean up and thematic mapping tools, file import for common geo-oriented formats, a flexible coordinate system coordinate system Arrangement of reference lines or curves used to identify the location of points in space. In two dimensions, the most common system is the Cartesian (after René Descartes) system. , high performance imaging, ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. connectivity, and querying of Oracle(R) Locator/Spatial data. Additional Extreme Mapping seminar dates and locations will be scheduled in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe in the coming months. Groups and organizations can also request an on-site Extreme Mapping seminar. For more information, to view the most recent seminar schedule, or to register for a seminar, visit www.bentley.com/extremeseminars or call 610-458-5000. About Bentley Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides software for the lifecycle of the world's infrastructure. The company's comprehensive portfolio for the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets spans architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and operations. With 2002 revenues reaching $230 million, Bentley is the leading provider of AEC software to the Engineering News-Record Engineering News-Record (widely known as ENR) is a weekly magazine that provides news, analysis, data and opinion for the construction industry worldwide. It has been published since 1874. It is owned by The McGraw-Hill Companies. Design 500 and major owner-operators. Bentley Geospatial provides vertical solutions for government and utilities. For more information, call 1-800-BENTLEY or 610-458-5000, or visit us on the Web at www.bentley.com. Bentley, the "B" logo, and MicroStation are registered trademarks or service marks and Bentley Institute and Structural are trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or Bentley Software, Inc. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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